View taken from 13th Avenue N. looking north across the back yards of 1302 and 1306 8th Street N. Ben Franklin Middle School is visible in the far background. View is taken after the 1957 tornado with houses in ruins, damaged trees and ground...

View looking at the north side of N.P. Avenue in the 600 block showing Knight Printing, Elliott Building, Orpheum Theater, W. J. Lane Co., Wm. Norris Shoe Repair and the Fargo National Bank building. View is taken after a blizzard with high drifts...

Two story brick building with large advertisement for "Battle Ax" and " A. Thomaier, Merchant Tailor" painted on the side. The building is completely surrounded by flood water. A building visible at the right side of the image is flooded up to that...

Aerial view over flooded Heart River south of Mandan, N.D. with the city center visible in the upper right corner of the image. The 8th Avenue viaduct over the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks is visible center left.

Aerial looking north over Fargo, N.D. during flood. In foreground is undeveloped area south of 16th and 17th Avenue's South and Lindenwood Park in Fargo, and Gooseberry Park in Moorhead, Minnesota. The Red River of the North is over flood stage.

Aerial view looking west over flooded Red River of the North. In foreground, center is a portion of Moorhead, Minnesota. On the other side of the river is visible St. John's Hospital, Island Park and south Fargo, N.D. residential neighborhoods.

Aerial view looking over a railroad line. In the view there is a train plowing through a snowcovered railroad track. The train is ejecting copious amounts of steam and smoke. There are several people standing on the ground next to the train. Likely...

Aerial view looking west over the Crystal Sugar Plant in Moorhead, Minn. The settling ponds are in the foreground, followed by railroad tracks, sugar beet piles, and the plant. In the distance north Fargo is visible, with the Veterans...

Aerial view looking south from near intersection of 2nd Street N. and 4th Avenue N. in Fargo, N.D., during flood. An earthen dike is visible holding back the flood water from the river visible at left. The Town House Motor Hotel is visible in the...

Aerial looking east over the Belmont Park neighborhood surrounded by Red River flood waters. View shows Lindenwood Drive, Elmwood Avenue, South River Road and Linden Avenue. Houses in south Moorhead, Minnesota visible in the background.

Aerial view looking over flooded Heart River just south of Mandan, N.D. looking west. The Morton County Fairgrounds and the Russell Miller Milling Co. elevator visible in the scene. Some snow visible on the ground.

Aerial photograph looking over tornado damage in north Fargo, N.D. View looking north over 12 Avenue N. between University Drive N. and 10th Street N. Visible in the image are American Lutheran Church and Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House. A portion...

Aerial looking directly north from near the intersection of 4th Street S. and 13th Avenue S. view shows earthen dike and flooded Red River at right. Some earth moving equipment is visible in the foreground.

Aerial looking southwest over the town of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, showing Lakes; Little Detroit, Big Detroit, Melissa, Sallie, and Muskrat in the distance. More lakes in far distance to horizon. Portions of airplane are visible in the image.

View looking north from near 9th Avenue N., between 14th Street N. and University Drive N. in Fargo, N.D taken after the tornado on June 20, 1957.View shows damaged homes, with the campus of North Dakota Agricultural College (North Dakota State...

Aerial view looking north over Golden Ridge neighborhood in Fargo, N.D. after tornado. View shows complete destruction in the blocks between 25th Street N. and 29th Street N., with 7th Avenue N. in the foreground. The Great Northern Railroad tracks...

Aerial view over flooded Heart River south of Mandan, N.D. looking northeast with the city center and the Missouri River visible in the background. The 8th Avenue viaduct over the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks is visible center left.